Knockdown cabinet



June 16, 1925.

- J. H. RICHARD' xNocKpowN CABINET Filed June 20, 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 atroz m June 16, 1925.

J. H. RICHARD KNOCKDOWN CABINET Filed June 2Q, 1922 5 Shets-Sheet 5 Patented June 16, 1925.

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Josnrn H. RICHARD, or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNEso'r.11.,v

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,Application meaiime 2o, 1922. serial N6. 569,619.

To all who-nait 'Mjica/noem.' `Be it knownthat I, Josnrrr H. RICHARD, a citizen 'ofv the United! States, residing atl Minneapolis, `iny the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Knockdown Cabinet, of which the following is'a'specification. y

' The device forming they subject matter of thisL application is a cabinet, adapted to hold a wire ess apparatus and a phonograph. Theinvention aims to lprovide novel means whereby the instrumentalities above mentioned may be contained and vheldjwithin a cabinet. Y Specifically, kvtheinvention aims to improve the construction of ythe cabinet so that it can be taken downrwithout the use of tools, and be disposed in small compass for shipping.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which lthe invention appertains.

Withthe above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in they precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Y

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in vertical section, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is top plan wherein the lid has been removed, the line 1-1 in Figure 2 indicating the cutting plane on which Figure 1. is taken; Figure 3 is a bottom plan; Figure 4 is a section on the line 4 -4 of Figure 2; Figure 5 is a com posite perspective view showing one of the joints and attendant parts.

Iny carrying out the invention there is provided a cabinet including sides denoted generally by the numeral 1. Each side 1 includes a rear post 2 and a front post 3, the lower ends of the posts formingV legs 4. The posts 2 and 3 are connected by a top bar 5 and by a bottombar 6. Panels 7 are mortised at 8 into the bars 5 and 6 and into the posts 2 and 3. Supports 9'are secured to the panels 7. There are openings 10 in the supports 9 and in the front posts 3, the openings being adapted to receive pins 11 or the c 5 of the sides 1.

like, supporting a vertically adjustable shaft 12 M y i i The back ofthe `cabinet is denoted generaliyby thenuineral- 14 and includes al top bar l'and' a bottom bar 16, a panel 17- being mortised at`18 intofthe top vbar and into the bottom bar.-` Asshown in Figure 5. the legs 2 are provided with recesses 19 adapted to receivethe ends of the bottom bar16 ofthe back 14. The plates 20 of pin hinges are connected to the posts 2 and to the bars 16,'theknu`ckles `22 of the plates 2 0 being adapted to yreceive the connecting pins23. `The posts 2 may be cut away'as at 24, so as to permit the ready insertion of the pins 23 into the knuckles 22. The top bar 15 of the back 14 is connected in a like way, by pin hinges 21, with the posts 2.

A bottom 25 fits within the rectangle defined by the bars 6 of the sides 1 and the bar 16 of the back 14. The bottom 25 has an opening 45 through which the connections for the wireless outfit is adapted to pass. The bottom 25 carries projecting brackets 26 received in seats 27 formed in the bars 6 of the sides 1 and, thus, the bottom is supported.

A rectangular frame 28 is located in the cabinet adjacent to the upper end thereof, and is provided with projecting brackets 29 received in seats 30 formed in the top bars Depending U-shaped hangers 31 are shown. The rear arms efy the hangers 31 pass upwardly between the rear portion of the frame 28 and the top bar 15 of the back 14. The forward arms of the hangers k31 pass upwardly to the rear of the front portion of the frame 28, as shown in Figure 4. The arms of the hangers 31 are supplied with forwardly eX- c5 tended fingers 32 mounted on the frame 28 and connected thereto by securing elements 33, the construction being such that the hangers may be mounted in adjusted positions on the frame 28, that is, the hangers 10o may be shifted to the right or to the left in Figure 1. In the bottomv portions of the hangers 31 there are openings 34 adapted to receive securing elements whereby a phono-- graphy may be mounted on the hangers. 105 The phonograph is shown in dotted line in Figure 1; Although the crank portion of the phonograph is shown in Figure 1 as projecting to the. right, for convenience in making the drawing, it will be understoodL HU by screws 36 or otherwise to the panel 17 of the back 14. Thefangleliifzuiket's35V mayy be used or omitted at Will, but jhey will be found to be useful When it is de's'ired" to support the phonographgnthelsherl'f 12. HA,

thelepperpends@film meer pQSAtS 2 Aplzop iunerxedge of: `the f1-me :283110 bold the' lid hangers 431 maybe operated from the frame 28,7 h`e brackets' 315 may be deaehejd from the p'nel 17 of the beek, and the entire structure may be shipped n :f1y flat compact package.

What Ais claimed s:-

inv a'd'eyee of the class described, a cabinetl c omplrispipg sides, a back, detachable Connections beweenvthe sides and the buck, a bottom, means for supporting the bottom removably in the enbhjiejJ, im `upwardly rivable Open .frame '.Sfe'atddtadhiblf in 

